text and image

.gitignore

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+/venv
+/cats_and_dogs_filtered
+log.log

.gitmodules

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+[submodule "fonts/xbmc-hebrew-fonts"]
+	path = fonts/xbmc-hebrew-fonts
+	url = https://github.com/kodi-il/xbmc-hebrew-fonts.git

fonts/xbmc-hebrew-fonts

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+Subproject commit 3a21983d5c0496a0f5d37088fefb411e2af9db54

readme

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 ```py
 brother_ql -b pyusb -m QL-550 -p usb://0x04f9:0x2016 print -l 62 pefectFake.jpg --dither
 ```
+```
+byobu new-window -n 'printer' 'cd ~/printBash && bash switch.sh'
+```
+
 
 To command the camera in the terminal I suggest to use the fswebcam package. To install:
 

switch.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create a new window named 'printer' and set the layout and locale within that window
+tmux new-window -n 'printer' 'cd ~/printme && python txt.py; bash'
+
+# Capture the new window ID
+new_window_id=$(tmux list-windows -F "#{window_id}" | tail -n 1)
+
+# Loop through all sessions and set the new window as the current window
+tmux list-sessions -F "#{session_id}" | while read -r session_id; do
+    tmux select-window -t $session_id:$new_window_id
+done

txt.py

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+import logging
+import argparse
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import subprocess
 import textwrap
+import threading
+from queue import Queue
 import keyboard
+# Initialize logging
+logging.basicConfig(filename='your_log_file.log', level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
 
-def on_arrow_key(e):
+# CLI argument parsing
-    subprocess.run("fswebcam webcam.jpg ;  brother_ql -b pyusb -m QL-550 -p usb://0x04f9:0x2016 print -l 62 --dither webcam.jpg", shell=True)
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Image Generation and Printing")
-    print("Arrow key pressed. Webcam photo taken and printed.")
+parser.add_argument('--threading', action='store_true', help="Use threading for print queue processing")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+def camera():
+    print("cam")
+    webcam_command = "fswebcam webcam.jpg ;  brother_ql -b pyusb -m QL-550 -p usb://0x04f9:0x2016 print -l 62 --dither webcam.jpg"
+    print_queue.add_to_queue(webcam_command)
+    subprocess.run(webcam_command, shell=True)
+
+    logging.info("Arrow key pressed. Webcam photo command added to queue.")
+
+
+# A Python function to map ASCII characters to their Hebrew counterparts
+def map_to_hebrew(input_text):
+    # Mapping of ASCII to Hebrew characters
+    ascii_to_hebrew = {
+        'a': 'א',
+        'b': 'ב',
+        'c': 'ג',
+        'd': 'ד',
+        'e': 'ה',
+        'f': 'ו',
+        'g': 'ז',
+        'h': 'ח',
+        'i': 'ט',
+        'j': 'י',
+        'k': 'כ',
+        'l': 'ל',
+        'm': 'מ',
+        'n': 'נ',
+        'o': 'ס',
+        'p': 'ע',
+        'q': 'פ',
+        'r': 'צ',
+        's': 'ק',
+        't': 'ר',
+        'u': 'ש',
+        'v': 'ת',
+        'w': 'ץ',
+        'x': 'ך',
+        'y': 'ן',
+        'z': 'ם',
+        # Add any other characters you want to map
+    }
+    
+    # Convert the input text
+    output_text = ''.join([ascii_to_hebrew.get(char, char) for char in input_text.lower()])
+    
+    return output_text
 
 while True:
     user_input = input("Type something (or press Enter to generate image): ")
-    print(user_input)
+    logging.info(f"User input: {user_input}")
+    if user_input =="+":
+        camera()
+    elif user_input != "":
 
-    if user_input != "":
+        mapped_text = map_to_hebrew(user_input)
-        print("Generating image...")
 
+        logging.info("Generating image...")
         img_width = 696
-        
+        wrapped_text = textwrap.fill(mapped_text, width=8)
-        # Wrap text if a word is longer than 8 letters
-        wrapped_text = textwrap.fill(user_input, width=8)
         num_lines = wrapped_text.count('\n') + 1
-        
+        font_size = img_width // 6
-        # Calculate font size to fit the width of the image
-        font_size = img_width // 6  # Adjust as needed
         ttfont="/home/tasmi/printme/5x5-Tami.ttf"
         ttfont="/home/tasmi/printme/VarelaRound-Regular.ttf"
+        ttfont="/home/tasmi/printme/fonts/xbmc-hebrew-fonts/Roboto-Bold-xbmc-il.ttf"
         font = ImageFont.truetype(ttfont, font_size)
-        
+        line_height = font_size + 10
-        # Calculate image height based on the number of lines and font size
-        line_height = font_size + 10  # Include some padding, adjust as needed
         img_height = num_lines * line_height + 200
-        
         image = Image.new('RGB', (img_width, img_height), 'white')
         d = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
-        
-        # Calculate position to center-align the text
         text_width, text_height = d.textsize(wrapped_text, font=font)
         x = (img_width - text_width) // 2
         y = (img_height - text_height) // 2
-        
-        print(wrapped_text)
-        
         d.text((x, y), wrapped_text, font=font, fill=(0, 0, 0))
-        
         image.save("output.png")
 
         printer_ql550="0x2016"
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         command = f"brother_ql -b pyusb --model QL-550 -p usb://0x04f9:{printer_ql550}/{printer_id1} print -l 62 output.png"
         subprocess.run(command, shell=True)
 
-        print("Image generated. Returning to input.")
+        logging.info("Image generated and print command added to queue. Returning to input.")
+    
+# Uncomment this line if you'd like to listen for arrow key events.
+# keyboard.on_press_key("up", on_arrow_key)